Three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the liver: Experience of 92 cases

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-385

  Xu, Hui Xiong ^a   Lu, Ming De ^a   Xie, Xiao Hua ^a   Xie, Xiao Yan ^a   Xu, Zuo Feng ^a   Chen, Li Da ^a   Liu, Guang Jian ^a   Liang, Jin Yu ^a   Lin, Man Xia ^a   Wang, Zhu ^a   Huang, Bei ^a  

^a First Affiliated Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Focal liver lesion; Three dimensional ultrasound; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FOCUSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC POWER; CLINICAL OUTCOMES; CLINICAL SETTINGS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; FOCAL LIVER LESION; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH IMAGE QUALITIES; INFLUENCING FACTORS; LESION DIAMETERS; LIVER IMAGING; MECHANICAL INDEXES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; THREEDIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND (3DUS); TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 60549110397     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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